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17:08, 2 October 2013
Azerbaijan: photo reporter Mekhman Guseinov released after questioning at GPO
After a six-hour-long interrogation at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan, Mekhman Guseinov, photo reporter at the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and a blogger, has been released, said the lawyer Gyunay Ismailova.
Barbed wire stretched by Russian border guards at Georgian-South Ossetian border. Georgia, July 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:19, 2 October 2013
NATO Secretary General urges Russia to abolish recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has again urged Russia to reconsider its decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
15:04, 2 October 2013
In Dagestan, three local residents and three policemen killed in shooting with suspected militants
According to the updated information, on October 1, during a fire-fight with militants in the Levashi District three local residents were killed. This was told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.
Photo reporter Mekhman Guseinov.Photo by Turkhan Kerimov (RFE/RL), http://www.rferl.org
13:08, 2 October 2013
In Azerbaijan, advocate of detained photo reporter complains about obstacles in communicating with his client
In Azerbaijan, advocate Elchin Sadygov are not allowed to visit Mekhman Guseinov, a blogger and a photo reporter of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), who was detained in the morning of October 2.
"Rosa Khutor" Resort hotels. Sochi, Adler District. September 2013. Photo: GK ‘Olympstroi’, http://sc-os.ru/ru/press/photo/#sport_objects/glk_rosa_khutor/
11:29, 2 October 2013
Vladimir Potanin: Olympic status brings continuous losses to "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Resort
Till present, Olympic status of the constructed "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Resort brings only losses. This was stated by Vladimir Potanin, the head of the holding company "Interros". According to the businessman's statement, the authorities are not in a hurry to help investors of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
10:36, 2 October 2013
Law enforcers identify person suspected of terror act in village of Khuchni in Dagestan
Law enforcers have identified the suicide bomber who on September 23 committed the terror act at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) near the OVD (Interior Division) building in Dagestan.
Pilgrims during hajj in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Bilal Renderee, http://www.flickr.com/photos/meexplore
09:59, 2 October 2013
SAM: Chechen pilgrims will go for hajj till October 9
Till October 9, all Chechen pilgrims to go for hajj this year will be sent to Saudi Arabia. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) for Chechnya.
Djamil Gasanli speaking at the rally, Baku, September 28, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:02, 2 October 2013
Presidential candidate Djamil Gasanli accuses President Ilham Aliev of corruption
In the evening of October 1, during the debates in the air of the Public TV of Azerbaijan, Djamil Gasanli, a presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), accused of corruption incumbent President Ilham Aliev, who was running for a third term.
Village of Katyr-Yurt, Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. Photo: http://foto-planeta.com/
19:07, 1 October 2013
Investigators agree to give advocates materials on the case of death of 24 civilians in Katyr-Yurt
The materials of the case of the death of 24 residents of Chechnya in the bombing of the village of Katyr-Yurt will be provided to the advocates who represent victims' interests. The relevant investigators' decision was announced at the today's court session in Grozny.
17:03, 1 October 2013
Gainutdin not to attend the jubilee of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims
The Russia's Council of Muftis will not take part in celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims (CSAM), which is scheduled in the city of Ufa, because they disagree with a number of actions undertaken by the CSAM.
16:14, 1 October 2013
In Volgograd, communists extended the work of public reception office by a month
In Volgograd, the work of the public reception office, organized by members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the mini-park opposite the regional government, will be extended by a month, that is, until the end of October.
Piligrims from Russia going for the hajj. Photo: http://www.islamdag.ru/
15:36, 1 October 2013
First flight with pilgrims under Suleiman Kerimov's charity line leaves Dagestan
As reported by Ruslan Gereev, the director of the Centre for Islamic Studies of Northern Caucasus, the number of pilgrims, travelling to the hajj from Dagestan under support of Senator Suleiman Kerimov, has not decreased as compared with 2012. The first pilgrims supported by the charity line have already left for the hajj.
12:46, 1 October 2013
Trial of Anna Politkovskaya's murder case postponed till October 8
The Moscow City Court has rescheduled for October 8 the consideration of the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", because of quarantine at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov is kept.
10:58, 1 October 2013
Case against Professor Mikhail Savva, accused of fraud, sent to Krasnodar court
The criminal case against Professor Mikhail Savva from Kuban State University, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre was sent to the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar. This was reported by the Court.
Valery Kardanov. Photo: http://www.kbtk.ru/
10:28, 1 October 2013
MIA suspects former "Rosneft" subsidiary director of embezzling KBR's mountain recreation centre
Valery Kardanov, ex-General Director of the Fuel Company of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) (a subsidiary of Oil-and-Gas Company "Rosneft") is suspected of embezzling a recreation centre in the nature reserve at foothills of Mount Elbrus.
09:59, 1 October 2013
Security measures enhanced in Grozny ahead of 195th city birthday
The streets in the centre of Grozny are blocked for the passage of vehicles, and at intersections and main roads, enhanced police and military squads are on duty. The city authorities explain the enhanced security measures by upcoming celebrations for the series of events of October 5.
Veterans of 1991-1992 war marching at the military parade in Sukhum, September 30, 2013. Photo by Angela Kochuberia for the “Caucasian Knot”.
05:29, 1 October 2013
Kolbaya: problem of refugees from Abkhazia remain unsolved 20 years after war
According to information published on the website of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees and Resettlement, at present, in Georgia, there are more than 258,000 IDPs. Of them, more than 140,000 persons came from Abkhazia and more than 20,000 from South Ossetia.
03:05, 1 October 2013
Socially disadvantaged residents of Tbilisi go on hunger strike
Socially disadvantaged residents of Tbilisi, who live in a former building of railway hospital, have started a hunger strike, demanding to solve their housing problems.
22:09, 30 September 2013
Volgograd: parents of disabled children stop their hunger strike
The parents of disabled children have stopped their hunger strike in Volgograd, having received promises of the officials of the All-Russian Popular Front (ARPF) to satisfy their demands, as the former hunger-strikers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
21:16, 30 September 2013
Dagestan starts retrial of "honour killing" case
Today, the Kizilyurt District Court has begun a retrial on the murder of a woman from the village of Nechaevka. The defendant – the casualty's uncle – has refused to plead guilty and testify.
News
The May 9 commemoration has called into question the preservation of the memory of the historical events of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Fuel tanks and fertilizer wagons at the Bilyajari station. Baku, May 9, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/energetika/azerbajdzhan-otpravit-v-armeniyu-ocherednuyu-partiyu-nefteproduktov A train carrying fuel and fertilizers has been sent from Baku to Armenia.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.